i wenr thru a brief but enturely intentional period of being homeless, during which I discovered that many churches in SoCal have thick shrubbery 6 to 10 feet in front of the church house- an entirely clandestine place to catch some sleep. anybody know if they do that on purpose? I've always wondered.

I knew a guy who got drunk one evening and decided to walk home from the bars. He wound up in a Walmart parking lot not far from his apartment, where he curled up under an upside-down shopping cart. While it was snowing. Luckily, some of his friends walked by and found him not long after.

FreakinB:skinink: What is this thing with New Yorkers and injury by train? Is there some Ghostbusters type vibe luring people to do evil/stupid things in the subway?

When you consider how many people use the subway every day these incidents are actually relatively rare. But it happens often enough, and when it does it hits the news.

The fun euphemism they use when announcing the delay in the station is "struck an unauthorized person on the tracks." At least on the LIRR.

Actually, the reverse. These things are very, very common, and therefore dont make the news. 95% of the time its suicide, which doesn't get coverage. When someone is pushed, then it makes the papers. but now that everyone is 'aware' of this happening, every incident has been reported.

LemSkroob:FreakinB: skinink: What is this thing with New Yorkers and injury by train? Is there some Ghostbusters type vibe luring people to do evil/stupid things in the subway?

When you consider how many people use the subway every day these incidents are actually relatively rare. But it happens often enough, and when it does it hits the news.

The fun euphemism they use when announcing the delay in the station is "struck an unauthorized person on the tracks." At least on the LIRR.

Actually, the reverse. These things are very, very common, and therefore dont make the news. 95% of the time its suicide, which doesn't get coverage. When someone is pushed, then it makes the papers. but now that everyone is 'aware' of this happening, every incident has been reported.

Well yeah. I should have clarified that when I was saying it makes the news, I was excluding the times when the person who got hit did so on purpose.

I can kind of relate. I was woken up by a bus driver a few weeks ago on my way home, but at least I made sure I was inside a vehicle before I passed out.

/bus driver dude was nice about it//at least i chose a reasonable place to doze off and keep my limbs on///only slept three hours the night before, probably not a great idea to stop at a bar to watch the BCS Championship while drinking all game on three hours sleep

shift_DAWG:i wenr thru a brief but enturely intentional period of being homeless, during which I discovered that many churches in SoCal have thick shrubbery 6 to 10 feet in front of the church house- an entirely clandestine place to catch some sleep. anybody know if they do that on purpose? I've always wondered.

I once slept it off in the bushes in front of Pattee Library. It made for a decently warm and good hiding place. No one saw me until I woke up and was stumbling out VERY confused the next afternoon.

YOU HEAR ME, POOPY THE DEAD HOBO, FORMERLY OF 125TH STREET? HAVE SOME FARKING SELF RESPECT. IF YOU HAVE TO SHIAT LIKE AN ANIMAL, DON'T DO IT BETWEEN THE CARS OF A MOVING TRAIN AND GET YOURSELF KILLED, STRANDING ME ON AN UPTOWN 5 TRAIN FOR AN HOUR.